RRL Cleaner, Vinyl Zyme, and Groove Glide

I have now a VPI 16.5. I can not hear the difference between the RRL and the VPI cleaner, but I certainly have now clean records.

Thanks guys.

Styx

There is a new guy on the block; watch out. The AudioTop Vinyl cleaner cleans the others' clocks. Records cleaned with the other cleaners once recleaned sound like they had not been cleaned with the others.

"Records cleaned with the other cleaners once recleaned sound like they had not been cleaned with the others."

Huh? Who's on first???

At $150 a bottle - this stuff had better do more than clean my vinyl!

I've been seriously considering using the RRL solutions. Currently my method is as follows:

1: Apply liberal amount of 2:1 Disc Doctor fluid with the DD brush
2: Gently scrub with the Nitty Gritty Bristle Brush (back and forth scrubbing - about 10 times)
3: Gently scub with the DD brush (back and forth scrubbing - about 10 times)
4: Wipe dry with 2-ply toilet tissue
5: Rinse with steam-distilled water applied with clean DD brush (back and forth scrubbing - about 10 times)
6: Remove rinse water with Nitty Gritty machine - about 4 revolutions

I've gotten satisfactory results using this method - adding the step with the bristle brush helped with some of the more stubborn records.

Granted the AudioTop Vinyl is expensive, but how would you react were it to make what you thought was a cleaned record sound incredibly better? I did not expect this great of an improvement despite the claims of the U.S. importer who I have known for some time. When you get an improvement that sounds like you went from a mediocre cartridge to a great but expensive cartridge, I don't think the price is too high, but I certainly wish it was lower.

No - I understand. I just couldn't bring myself to dish out $150 for a bottle of solution.